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Genus Pisenus

Pisenus humeralis (Kirby, 1837) - Pisenus humeralis

cryptophagid beetle? - Pisenus humeralis

Tetratomidae (Polypore Fungus Beetle), lateral - Pisenus humeralis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Tetratomidae (Polypore Fungus Beetles)

Subfamily Piseninae

Genus Pisenus

Explanation of Names

Pisenus Casey 1900

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 6 spp. total(1)

Range

holarctic (more diverse in e. Asia); in our area, ne. & nc. US (south to VA) and adjacent Canada(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by tom murray on 6 January, 2008 - 8:48pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 January, 2015 - 3:41pm

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